Sunday, May 19, 2013

Sand dollarts

This photo is a scene not created by nature. Some people have put sand dollars in the flower bed near the area where people can rinse sand off their feet after coming up from the beach before returning to one of the condos in out building on Langosta beach.

Yesterday I discussed Costa Rican money a little. And speaking of money, there was an article in the newspaper about a big dispute and government proceeding because a new train line is opening up connecting the capitol of San Jose with the outlying city of Cartago, 16 miles (28 km) away. The dispute is over whether the fare should be set at 550 or 565 Colones. That is the difference between $1.10 and $1.13 USD. I have never heard of such a controversy over three cents.

Today is Sunday, so we have new photos posted on our Viva la Voyage travel photo site. This week we are showing photos of the architecture of Grenada, Nicaragua.

Blue Nile Gorge in Ethiopia
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I decided to post a few more photos from Ethiopia this week. We took a day
trip from Addis Ababa, the capitol, to the Blue Nile Gorge. At the first
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